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Space.com

China launched its complex, 53-day-long Chang’e 6 lunar far side sample return mission in early May. A lander scooped and drilled for samples inside an area known as Apollo crater before sending them into lunar orbit on an ascent vehicle. In lunar orbit, …

Phys.Org

Many diseases, including cancers and neurodegenerative disorders, are associated with misplaced proteins. In some cancers, for instance, a protein that normally stands watch over DNA replicating in the nucleus is sent far from the DNA it is meant to …

The Washington Post

Scientists monitored the Florida Current, which flows swiftly from the Gulf of Mexico into the North Atlantic. 2 min. 0. (iStock). By Erin Blakemore. September 21, 2024 at 6:30 a.m. EDT. A key current in the wider Atlantic Ocean current system has …

NPR

It’s an asteroid. The space rock, which has been named “2024 PT5,” has been traveling along its normal path around the sun, but will be temporarily pulled into Earth’s gravitational orbit later this …

Aljazeera.com

From late September until late November this year, a “mini-moon”, called 2024 PT5 by the astrologers who spotted it approaching will be orbiting the planet. Although this mini-moon cannot be seen by the naked eye – it is just 10 metres (33ft) in …

News@Northeastern

Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore standing arm in arm smiling. FILE – NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore left Earth on June 5, 2024, on the Boeing Starliner, but haven’t returned …

KFVS

Cori Brevik, …

The Engineer

In a new study, using a ventilator-on-a-chip model developed at The Ohio State University, researchers found that shear stress from the collapse and reopening of the air sacs is the most harmful type of damage. This miniature organ-on-a-chip model …

University Times

A park ranger will speak at the public ceremony, along with Kerry Handron, Allegheny Observatory outreach coordinator, and Mike Hennessy, manager of learning and programs at the Moonshot Museum. Scientists and outreach specialists will host nature- and …

North Country Public Radio

This time of year, Aileen O’Donoghue cheers and pumps her fists as the sun sets earlier and earlier. “I just love these early evenings! The dark reveals other things to us!” …